Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-19
THE wHIMS OF FASHION.
ODD NOTES on MODES OF TIE MoMKNT-THE cRAzl
FOR THE RUssrAN-SEw USES FOR FURs-

ODD NOTES ON MODES OF TIE MoMKNT-rHE CRAZE
FOR THE RUssrAN-SEw USES FOR FuRs-
THE BRAIDED CLOTH JACKET Is the fancy Of the
moment.
ALL SHADES OF COFFEE COLOR are very stylish
this season.
MAIrNEs AND vALENcrENNEs are the preferred
laces on tea gowns and matinees.
BIG Brown LEATHER BUTTONS are the newest
fastening for taior-made long wraps.
GREEN LRATHRR Of light shade is very fashion
able for pocketbooks and other small articles.
The HUssAk JACKET Is fayorite with young
girls and metal braid and binding Of fur combine
10 oeautify the garment
FUR TRIMMINGS on morning gowns is q Russian
fancy which has come with many others to be a
Ia mode here this season.
The BUTTERFLY In gauze and tinsel is q favorite
decoration on Julle and gauzy evening dresses for
young girls that dance
TEA GOWNS are to be more generally worn this
season than usual as they are tending more TO the
picturesque than ever before.
SoNE OF the long fur-trimmed carriage wraps Of
sea- plush are almost or quite as handsome as real
seal, put then they are not so durable.
ONE BREADTH OF CHINA SILK or half breadth
OF muslin makes a Russian apron such as are worn
WIN YEA gowns after the Russian model
BROWN AND GREEN In aui umn leaves combina-
tons are very fashionable, and on velvet bonnets
particularly 1t Is cons dered very elegant.
RUSSIAN PEASANT costumes are to be the "chic"
Things for young ladies who will preside over the
Russian Sam0var at ) o'clocks the coming winter.
Dog COLLARS OF silver, jewelled with SEMI preci-
Gus stones such as garnets, quartz crystals, topaz
and malakite are worn by athletic young dam
sells.
CLOTH AND FUR, particularly short pile furs,
seal, and beaver are beautifully combined in
dressy 0onnets to wear with dressy tailor suits
and wool costumes
DREssY TAILOR gowns are made decorative and
dreSSy with gold, silver and steel bratdng, and
FEDORA plastrons OF white or cOlOred silk, surah,
peau de sole and bengaline being preferred.
WHITE LAMBS Wool, soft and fleecy, is seen in
some attractive NUTS and boas for young ladies'
Its flufiness is very becoming to youthful faces,
ana IL Will not, according to the present mode, be
so conspicuous.
NEW TRIMMING for wedding gowns is a broad
fringe formed OF ostrich tips, some Of which turn
downwards. some lying horizontally, and another
novel notion is broad sash, edged on either side
with fringe OF orange blossoms.
A SHORT MANTLE OF the dolman order with short
sleeves. just imported from Paris is MADE OF null
ticolored motelasse in q shell-like pattern, the
ground dark, the fiecks of color peeping in here
ana there, and bOrdered with handsome chenille
fringe.
WIDE SAsHRs trimmed with flowers are a new
cream silk sash the width OF the silk, fringed at
tne edge With shower OF rose petals and rOseS or
a tulle sash for young girl, with white frosted
roses.
EPAULETTEs are an important item in gowns,
they appear on dark brown cloth dress with a
heart-shaped vest, braided and bordered on either
side, with revers also covered with a scroll pat
placed on the skirt.
FROM THE HEAD CENTER of millinery styles It Is
LAS mad I,at
but also OF all materials from felt and cloth 10
velvet plush brOche feather fringes and for even
Ing OF jet, lace, and tulie, while tnsel reigns SUI
preme over all.
INEXPENSIVE But PRETTY dinner gowns for young
girls are made in light sole de chine, with printed
floral pattern or in plain colors which are pure in
tone. the bod1ceS are not OF the same material;
for these moire plush or peau de sole are used and
also with creme de toiae which Grapes well, and is
the very fabric for youth.
The NEWEST TAILOR GOWNS are cut in simple
princess form, the continuous gored breadths Mt
ting perfectly, and with no drapery but quite full
In the skirt at the back, where all the pleats are
thrown at the bottom OF the middle forms of the
waist. The correct trimmings are braid and cord,
put on In horizontal or vertical lines in geOmetric
patterns, maccaroons. or other close designs and
FUR In bands or edgingS
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Late DEGREES by a Male Fashion Auto
crat.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
MRS WHO KNOW how to dress do not wear stripes
down the outside seams Of their dress trousers
THE FASHION of wearing white collars and cuffs,
with "gridiron" shirts, has gone the way Of all
eccentric1ties.
THE PROPER SLEEvE-BUrroN is link, the linked
buttons being alike in pattern, not button and
bar as Of old.
BRoADCLorH is out Of date for dress suits. A
very fine black diagonal or Angola cloth Is the
| eminently proper thing.
1rrrn ruo C1.or
after the fashion OF five years ago. The faced
SHAWL collar" Is very bad form indeed.
ENGLISH FASHIONS allow with black four-but-
toned cutaWay coats fancy waistcOats, with dark
maroon, 6lue or brown grounds. dashed with
small, modest patterns Of contrasting cOlOrS
A MAN WITH an opera hat may be safely set
down as country cousin" or a relic OF the past
The high silk hat is now properly considered as
much part CT ''full dress" as the swallow tail
coat.
TROUSERS are cut Of medium, but not exagger.
ated width, and perfectly straight. The fold down
front OF the leg has been relegated to where it
belongs, the ready-made clothing store.
The FoUR-BUTTONED cutaway has almost en-
trely superseded the frock for dressy daylight
| wear tmorning weddings, afternoon receptions and
| the like, except among elierly men.
BUSINESS SUITS for fall and winter are OF dark
mixed cloths or inconspicuous, In fact, almost in.
visible, checks and stripes. The coat may be either
three or four-buttOnei cuuaway or a four-but-
toned sack.
The WAIsTCoAr solves the problem OF how to
| distinguish the society man in dress clothes
from q waiter. 1t should be OF white repped
pique, with nat gold buttons bearing the owners
monogram.
The FULL DRESS WATCH-CHAIN question Is O
| burning one. A gold chain is distinctly in bad
| form. A plain black silk cord Is allowable but
not pretty. Why not fall back on the fob? Though
not In favor just now 1t Is really the proper thing
with a dress coat.
MEMS GLOVES are shorter than they were and
must have but one button. For the street they
must be OF some shade OF tan, with Tapped seams
and wide black or self-colOred STITCHING on the
back. Dress gloves are OF palest pearl shades,
ferred-
THREE STUDS in the shirt front are correct for
full dress. They should be plain dead gold or
pearl Diamond studs proclaim the metropolitan
politician sporting man or saloon keeper Even they
know better than TO wear the fanctful cOmbina-